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<img alt="Surge in proportion of black, Asian and ethnic minority children in custody" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/9f939988-0ed9-4dc3-99d7-1536ffd78309/2/cookhamwood1petercrane-320x198.jpg" />
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Statistics published by the Ministry of Justice show that as of April, there were 940 under-18s in youth custody, of which 452 (48.1 per cent) were BAME, while the ethnicity of a further 18 young people...
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Published: 8 June 2018
<img alt="Adoption support: average payout drops by more than £2,000" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/d28c664a-257a-41b4-b682-7d4af1b7b3a0/1/childandmothershutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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Figures released in parliament by children's minister Nadhim Zahawi show that in the first 11 months of the Adoption Support Fund (ASF), which opened to applications in May 2015, the average payout was...
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Published: 7 June 2018
<img alt="More than 350,000 children 'destitute', study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/25b3873d-ebba-42a0-bc3e-cce7b0860f2e/2/povertythorpejimvarney-320x198.jpg" />
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A report, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, found over the whole of 2017, 785,000 households experienced destitution in UK, defined as lacking two or more of six essentials over the past month,...
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Published: 7 June 2018
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More than half of UK parents believe that age restrictions are not working effectively and want stricter regulations to be introduced online, researchers have found. A study of 1,500 parents, conducted...
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Published: 7 June 2018
<img alt="Schools found to be excluding increasing number of autistic children" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/24a0228f-8892-42f6-9a3e-3058787b608c/4/AmbitiousaboutAutism2-320x198.png" />
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Department for Education statistics obtained via a Freedom of Information request by the charity Ambitious about Autism, show a 59 per cent rise in exclusions among this group of children, from 2,831 in...
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Published: 7 June 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise trailblazing children's services department" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a96721d0-98d9-48eb-ac94-20bcd1e5815d/2/ofstedbuilding04-320x198.jpg" />
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North Tyneside Council was announced by the Department for Education as one of eight new "partner in practice" councils earlier this year - local authorities deemed to be performing at an exceptional level...
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Published: 6 June 2018
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Almost two thirds of children are not as safe as they should be when travelling in a car, researchers have found. The Independent reports that a study by What Car? found that 59 per cent of children are...
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Published: 6 June 2018
<img alt="BASW demands greater protection from violence for social workers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4c49b79f-87af-454d-a78e-03acd0c7150f/3/JohnMcGowan-320x198.jpg" />
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The plea has been issued in a bid to persuade politicians to amend the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill, which is currently passing through the House of Lords.
The private members' bill,...
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Published: 6 June 2018
<img alt="Government pledges to improve young carer identification and support" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/cfc00368-ffdc-4229-9989-c60b0fb804b9/5/YoungcarerLIGHTFIELDSTUDIOSAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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Publishing a two-year Carers Action Plan, covering the period 2018-20, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it is teaming up with the Carers Trust to develop a "young carers identification...
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Published: 5 June 2018